Cold Mountain 2024 film series contemplates human relationships with the natural environment. The title comes from the poetry of legendary Tang era (618–907) Dao-poets Shide and Han Shan. The two hermits living in nature, always laughing and pointing at the moon, have been featured in Asian painting for centuries. Poet Gary Snyder’s 1950’s translations of selected Cold Mountain poems, and characterisation of the hermits, are depicted in Jack Kerouac’s 1958 novel, The Dharma Bums.